April 2010

04/27/2010

Hosted
by
Oxygen
Music Collective founder and musical director Thomas Bell,
The Creative Music Incubator unites experimental sonic artists on the
first Monday of every month to share creative concepts, and explore new
sonic possibilities in an improvised, collaborative performance. Each
month a group of sonic artists are invited to collaborate in new line
ups and in unique situations.

May 2nd's performance will be
a hour and a half set by one of the Oxygen Music Collective's longest
standing groups, Oxygen Ensemble

The Creative Music Incubator
is a
monthly event dedicated to the experimentation and exploration of new
sonic possibilities.

About the featured artists:Oxygen Ensemble:

Oxygen Ensemble is a
collective of musicians led by New York bassist Thomas Bell. The group
takes an improvised collective composition' approach to its music which
provides a relentless groove heavily steeped in the traditions of Funk
& Free-Jazz, with tinges of Drum n Bass, Hip-Hop, & the
experimantal Avant-Garde. The Ensemble's improvisations are reminiscent
of Miles Davis' early 70's groups with a modern and often futuristic
feel. The music is based on rhythm, spontaneous composition and group
improvisation which allows exploration of all styles of music and
creates a captivating sound that pushes the envelope of today's music.

The Bent Festival is an annual art and
music festival celebrating DIY electronics, hardware hacking, and
circuit bending. Each year we invite artists from across the country
and around the globe to perform music with their home-made or circuit
bent instruments, teach workshops to adults and children alike, create
beautiful art installations and to generally come together, face to
face, and showcase the state of the art in DIY electronics and circuit
bending culture.

The Tronic

The Tronic was formed in 2008 by Gregg Jarvis (aka Gj-Rvus) and Thomas
Bell (aka ADDj) as an improvisational live jazz-tronic band w/ DJ
sensibilities and instrumental proficiency. Their unique approach to
improvisation blurs the lines between the live musician, composer and
dj. The unit begins improvising then loops real, virtual, and homemade instruments along with circuit bent
toys in real time. They mix and manipulate
the loops and improvise on top of the spontaneous compositions just created .
Anything from serene beauty, viscious groove to stumbling chaoss may
occur at anytime. The Tronic is truly a foward-thinking modern jazz
ensemble.

Gregg Jarvis is a drummer, percussionist and sonic composer from the
NYC/Hudson Valley area. Thomas Bell is a bassist, composer, visual artist and
gallery owner in Brooklyn. With over 50 combined years of immersion in nearly every genre of
music, there are no boundaries sonically safe from The Tronic.